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Youths protest against alleged persecution of Jonathan's family as Senate screens Magu


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Ethnic young people coalition yesterday raged the National Assembly to challenge what they named the mistreatment of previous President Goodluck Jonathan's family by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). 

In the mean time, the Senate will today screen the commission's Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, five months after his nomination.In a related improvement, Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday conceded leave to previous first woman Patience Jonathan to change her cases against the EFCC and Skye Bank. 

The judge likewise gave the EFCC time to change its counter-affidavit.Mrs. Jonathan, in the suit is guaranteeing that EFCC solidified four of her records with Skye Bank for the sake of four organizations. 

The organizations are Pluto Property and Investment Company Ltd (spoke to by Friday Davis), Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Ltd (spoke to by Agbor Baro), Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Ltd (spoke to by Dioghowori Frederick) and Avalon Global Property Development Ltd (spoke to by Taiwo Ebenezer). 

The records, she said, have an adjust of $15,591,700 (about N5 billion) having a place with her.She is in this way appealing to God for a request to de-solidify the records and discharge her cash. 

The dissenting young people, made up of Ijaw Youths, Ohanaeze Ndigbo adolescents, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yoruba Youth Council, who raged the National Assembly at 9.00 a.m. yesterday were be that as it may, denied access into the premises of the National Assembly by policemen. They later pulled back to the government secretariat region where they tended to a rally and turned out with a dispatch. 

Driven by Ijaw Youths Council National Secretary, Bristol Alagbariya Emmanuel, they additionally claimed that agents of EFCC, Department of State Services (DSS) and National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had twice attacked the Abuja's living arrangement of previous first woman, Patience Jonathan with no formal notice or warrant. 

Representative President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who directed yesterday's entire session, made the declaration about Magu's screening and asked congresspersons to turn up for the administrative work out.

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